Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has underscored the need to build tourist destinations in all seven provinces as all these locations are suitable for attracting tourists. 

He said that tourism can be very important to a country’s economy, particularly in less developed regions. On Tuesday, Pun conferred tourism entrepreneur Suman Pandey with honorary tourism lifetime achievement award.

Pandey is the chairman of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Nepal Chapter. Pandey said that PATA has been instrumental in promoting Nepal and developing national and international networks for the development of the nation.